Dr. Andrew Huberman
Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine. On 1 show, 1 appearance, plus 1 compilation re-air not counted. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Andrew Huberman is an associate professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is also the host and founder of the Huberman Lab podcast, where he discusses science and health protocols.
1shows
1appearances
37statements
25resolved
12supported
6contradicted
48%fully supported
Everything Dr. Andrew Huberman said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Huberman: 1mg Melatonin Is ~100x Natural Secretion and Suppresses Puberty
“What you take in terms of one milligram melatonin, very small dosage, something like a hundred times what you naturally secrete. I get really concerned about this, especially in kids because melatonin is actually the hormone that suppresses the onset of pubert…”
Huberman: Mouth breathing causes deviated septums in most non-trauma cases
“The reason you have a deviated septum is because you're a mouth breather. There are rare exceptions where if people boxed or they had broken nose or something like that, but your sinuses can learn to dilate.”
Huberman: GLP-1 medications could theoretically eradicate obesity
“In theory, you could eradicate obesity.”
Huberman: mRNA cancer vaccines are transformative and life-saving
“I, for instance, think that the mRNA vaccines for cancer are a transformative, incredible, life-saving technology.”
Huberman: Over 50% of Americans will take GLP-1s within five years
“I'm guessing that more than half, especially people who come from families or communities where there's a lot of obesity are gonna be taking them.”
Huberman defends GLP-1 weight-loss drugs against fitness community pushback
“I disagree. I think that some people have accumulated so much adipose tissue that it's modified their metabolism and even perhaps even brain circuitry and appetite that it's really, really helps them.”
Huberman warns Melanotan use risks priapism and permanent nerve damage
“And there's a risk for men of pre-epism, which, you know, the last erection you may ever have, it might last eight hours, but that might be the last one you ever, it can cause damage to the nerves and penile tissue”
Huberman: Daily personalized peptide cocktails will be common within 5 years
“I think in five years, you and I are going to have a little cocktail. It's going to be one injection or one pill, and it's going to be a little bit of pinealine at night combined with something else.”
Huberman: Brain implants won't double human memory capacity within 10 years
“I do not think in the next 10 years, I'd love to, for them to prove me wrong, but I do not think that your hippocampus is gonna be pulling in twice as much memory at, you know, twice the rate or something like that. It's just not gonna happen.”
Huberman: Human genetic upper limit is roughly 120 years
“If we're talking about the, this physical body that we currently inhabit minus any robotic architecture inserted, I think it's pretty clear that the genetic upper limit is about a 120. And for most of us, it's probably closer to about a 105.”
Huberman: Clinical trials show infusions of exercised blood provide health benefits
“We know that infusion, blood infusions are beneficial. There's been a clinical trial for this. We know that Blood infusions of exercise blood are even more beneficial.”
Huberman: 15 seconds of bright nighttime light drops melatonin to zero
“Light viewed by the eyes inhibits melatonin, so much so that if melatonin levels are at their peak and you walk into the bathroom at night and you flip on the lights and it's really bright, if you spend more than 10 or 15 seconds in that light, your melatonin …”
Huberman: Cardiovascular exercise increases hippocampal neurons in mice, not humans
“There's some mouse data or studies published on, on mice showing that exercise, cardiovascular exercise can increase the number of neurons in the hippocampus. Turns out that's true for mice, but not for humans.”
Huberman: Brain Plasticity After Age 25 Requires Self-Directed Effort
“After age 25, the brain doesn't change unless it's self-directed change, so don't expect anybody to change unless it's self-directed. Forget trying to get people to change. It does not work. It works with children. It does not work with adults unless it's self…”
Huberman: PNAS Study Shows Hyperventilation Prevents E. Coli Symptoms
“There's a beautiful study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that shows that when people do this kind of breathing prior to an injection of E. Coli, something I don't recommend people do, they are actually able to remain symptom f…”
Huberman: Weight loss requires caloric deficit regardless of specific dietary regimen
“There's a paper from Chris Garner lab at Stanford showing that as long as people ingest fewer calories than they burn, you're going to lose weight, regardless of whether or not those calories are in a low carb regimen or vegan regimen or pure meat regimen, et …”
Huberman: I started low-dose testosterone therapy at age 45 for research
“I'm 46 years old. I didn't touch it until 45. I went 45 years... I started on my at 40, after 45. But let me so, but let me explain, because I'm actually coming off. So that that, so what I did is I'm researching a book.”
Huberman: Men blocking estrogen on TRT is a terrible idea
“A lot of people in particular men are blocking estrogen when they take TRT, which is a terrible idea. Estrogen promotes brain longevity. Estrogen is good for connective tissues. It's good for libido. Blocking estrogen is a bad idea in most cases.”
Huberman: UK study of 80k+ links dim days and bright nights to worse mental health
“More than 80,000 subjects out of the UK that shows, and this is a recent study that shows that the brighter people's days are, and the darker their nights, the healthier they are mentally. And this is especially true for people with OCD, anxiety mania, schizop…”
Huberman: Traditional media degrades health discourse more than biohackers
“And so it's very easy to point at how, you know, health influencers and biohackers have contaminated the space. But I think, I actually think that traditional media is, is more to blame”
Huberman states Melanotan dramatically increases libido, energy, and fat loss
“So there are human data on things like melanotan, which makes people tan from the inside, raises energy and libido dramatically, fat loss dramatically,”
Huberman: Study shows stimulants improve focus about as well as good sleep
“Very interesting paper came out recently from WashU showing that Adderall, it wasn't really Adderall specifically, but Ritalin and other stimulants seem to improve focus about as well as a good night's sleep.”
Huberman: FDA-approved sleepiness drug Sunosi will soon become far more popular
“There's a very interesting drug that I think is going to become far more popular soon, which is already FDA approved called Sunosi, S-U-N-O-S-I, which is approved for excessive daytime sleepiness.”
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